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“ JCa^icr were tt, to burl tbc rootcb mountain trorn tt» base 
than torce tbe cobe ot slavery upon men betermlncD to be free. 

Soutbeg* 



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“ Easier were it, to burl tbc rooteb mountain from its ^ 
than force tbc gobc of slavery upon men betermineb to be tree. 

SoutbCB. 

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T M-oni thi.s liatt'*! sceiu 

Of iiiaNkitii^ and , 

WluTo nuMi on nuMi slid i;U*ani, 
AVilli falsonnss in tlicir eyes; 
Wkort' all is coiintcrfiMt. 

And truth liatli never say ; 
^Vhere .liearts thi'inselves do elieat', 
( 'oiieealiny Hope's deeay. 

.'NroriiKKW ia;n. 


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jxui Zkkkontkix’s k()j»jo, 

in tlu* moonlight ray, 

Kiv dawn’d tin.* (’liristinas morning, 

Tlio Ih'itiHli Yconum lay. 

IntiH'mdiod, and toj»|)’d with oannon, 
l..oonK‘d Firman’.s rock fort lone ; 

l>nt J)k Wkt, the Ever Watchful, 

Had marked it for Ids own f 

)Ie scaled its frowning south-face ; 

He shore the pickets down; 

Another laurel twine today 

In the Eiike St.vtk leader’s crown i 

Then loud the wild alarum 

Kang down the tented north, 

And many a waken’d soldier 

To ids death-slee[i rushed forth, 



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Tlx-rc* Willimns fell — and Scarlett — • 
And many a captain more, 

Who formed to face the rides 

That Freedom’s wari'iors hore. 

Oh ! merrily san<if those rides, 

l*Layin<>- their l)o\vlini>^ game ; 

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While ilow'ii fell Fngland’s choicest 
Jiefore their eri'less aim I 


In vain the Yeomen rally. 
Victory’s eagle rests, 

"Not Avith the Monarch’s soldiers,. 
l>nt on the I'atiuot crests. 


They maim’d ami train’d the cannon,. 

Some useless A'olleys tiam’d ; 

Then ’'roixnd them sank the gunners — 
A mound of dead and maimed 1 

In A'ain did Watney, lieading 
A last heroic charge, 

Die, cheering on thinu’^d ranks 

AVhose ga])s, each tire,, enlarge. 


Away ! to tlio Eland’s River ; 

Tliere, territied, to rest, 
Tlave tied tlie faint survivors — 
Safe from tlie Boer (juest. 


And wlieii tlie far-«iff la<;lit Horse 
'riiat seeiu‘ of slaugliler iridii, 
And on the crimson’d slo])in^ 

Tlieir oasjiino coursers rein, 

Half of the Eni>lish soldiery, 

Or <lead, or wounde<l, strew 
’I'he side of the hi<>h liil 1-fortress, 
i\I<M)idit, ’mid its rubied dew ! 

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Ye thinkino men of Enelaud, 
liead ye the lesson ri^ht ? 

Heed, then, the solemn warning, 

Voic»‘d by this ('hiistiuas figlit 

'J’he Avar Avili never slacken 
While one i>ka’otki) Boer 
Remains to roam the valleys 
Of the land 


your troops 


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Turn to tPie piifli of Reason f 
Is C’liainlH'i lain your God ? 

That you outpour your iiohlost blood 
For hint, on Atric’s sod. 

The patriot martyrs t'alleii, 

You never ean replace ; 

Tlie marks of homes in ashes. 

Tune may alone efface. 


Rut the Past Wrong may he righted 
With the New Year ushered in. 
And regenerated England 

Cast off her load of sin 1 






"M)]!, joy to llu' woi'lil I tlio liour is coino, jj^ 

W'hni llie natiMiis to Ircc^loin uwakii, l”fJ 

W'Ihmi iIh‘ r<;)y:irhsf^ -staiMl a^a|K* and dund>. 

And nvoiuvaeli^ wkiL t(MV*or sl'akc* !l 
Over tlu‘ walls of inajjnsty 

^ l"iMiAi:six ' is wiit in words of lire, 

And llio cvos of llu' Uu!idsnian, wlH*rovt*r they 1 h‘, 

An* lit with wild dt^sin*/" M\ l>. Kkao. 







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